Which State Did You Move From? (apartment, lease, live in)

[Poncho_NM]

If you currently live in New Mexico and moved here from one of the 50 U.S. States, please indicate which state you moved from.

If you are from New Mexico, and you still live here, the the answer to select would be New Mexico...

If the above does not apply to you, please select the appropriate answer.

Thanks in advance!




Rich

[Champ le monstre du lac]

Almost there (April, 2012) and locked a lease on an apartment there so I answered the poll, Massachusetts.

[Fiddlehead]

So far looking kind of diverse. An array of states fairly well balanced. It will be interesting to see how this develops.

I put does not apply, but if I come, I am from Oregon by way of Colorado, and California.

[Poncho_NM]

I think we need a lot more votes to draw any conclusion...


Rich

[Zoidberg]

Since it's an option, technically correct, and meets the letter of the question, I selected New Mexico.

I bet it's going to skew things considerably, as New Mexico is probably >50% of the state population at large's most recent state of former residence.

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by Zoidberg

I bet it's going to skew things considerably, as New Mexico is probably >50% of the state population at large's most recent state of former residence.

Is it really? Every time I meet a native New Mexican it seems that there are not many remaining... But, just me...

[Zoidberg]

Originally Posted by Poncho_NM

Is it really? Every time I meet a native New Mexican it seems that there are not many remaining... But, just me...

There's a disconnect though. Where did you move from, and where were you born, are seldom the same.

Would not surprise me in the slightest if 50% of the people who moved from NM were still not natives.

The funny thing about those migration statistics is that they make people who move to/from faraway places more noticeable than closer-by places, and that people moving from places where there's a low "net exchange" seem less noticeable, even if there are tens of thousands of arrivals from there.

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by Zoidberg

There's a disconnect though. Where did you move from, and where were you born, are seldom the same.

Yes, I agree, but I wanted a poll, I did not want it overly complex. If this poll has a good turn out I might consider something like "If you currently live in New Mexico was listed U.S. State were you born in...

Etc, etc, etc...



Rich

[Zoidberg]

Originally Posted by Poncho_NM

Yes, I agree, but I wanted a poll, I did not want it overly complex.

53 choices makes it pretty complex in my book, but to each their own.

If this poll has a good turn out I might consider something like "If you currently live in New Mexico was listed U.S. State were you born in...

Probably easiest to use "Where were you born?".

[Fiddlehead]

I would agree it is too early to make big commments, but the NM immigrants seem to come from a fair number of states.

If it were Oregon, it would be skewed strongly toward California.